Wednesday, February 7, 2018

“It’s ok not to be ok” popped
up in a meme on my FB page.It made me
think of all the times I’ve heard health professionals teach about
self-acceptance. Why should I need anyone’s permission to be
who I am? To feel OK? Who set the
standards for okayness?

Society?The norms that bring us so much gun violence
and so much divisiveness are in painfully obvious need of reinvention. American citizens are dealing with a hot mess, politically at home, as well as
around the world; the hot mess male leaders insist on making perpetually. Boys
with very dangerous toys!

Or morally?That which is right?And who gets to decide that; the boys in
black dresses with their ‘oh so special’ inside track to Nobodaddy? Who is your
God?Patriarchy’s bloviating dictators
who demand total allegiance on the pain of death and perdition, or Love, the
greatest mystery we can know, the champion of our self-acceptance.

I believe, as a spiritual
being having a physical experience, each of us has her or his own inside track
to morality. Our hearts teach us what is wrong and what is right throughout our
lives, and that still inner voice Jesus pointed to, assures us we’re never
alone.The Queen/Kingdom of God is
within.

Morality is my social conduct
based on my spiritual understanding, which is based on my own experience, not some external law. My experience has brought me to the conclusion that Love is the Answer
(LITA). Love is a force that very few
people have never experienced, but plenty of people deny. Love is so much more than private ownership of a physical chunk of
earth or another person. Love transcends the physical appearances of waking life, whispering in
our ears at night.I AM Here with you;
you are SAFE with Me.Look within.

My spiritual evolution comes
from dialogue with my dreams. Watching my dream life taught me to observe waking life in a similar way. I often experience how the magic of sychronicity and
dream correlations meld my waking and dream experiences into a complete sense
of Self.

Because of dreams and
dreaming, I have faith that however distressing life gets, collectively and
personally, help is always available from the spirit, from those who love me on
the other side, from Home.I have faith that
goes from my heart to the Heart Divine.I’ve found grace, forgiveness and courage so many times in my dreams,
and I know it’s a universal reality.Dreams are our bridge to spirit.Our breadcrumbs to home.

If I feel not okay, it’s
because I’m suffering from the expectations of me that come from outside
myself.Rules, regulations, codes and
enforcers are the hallmark of patriarchies. Our modern psyche is full of dread from
too many years of brutal patriarchal rule.Granted, 6,000 years of warring father religions and rulers is nothing
compared to where archeology puts us homo sapiens, 200,000 years of
human cultures around the globe.It's time to admit
that patriarchy is bad for the soul, the spirit.Angry Father Gods have got to go.

Our earliest archeological records are of
the veneration of the Mother Goddess and her Body, the Earth.

The Venus of Willendorf, circa 29,000 BCE,is one of the few ancient Goddess images extant in the modern patriarchal era; goddess worshiping traditions were largely destroyed by centuries of patriarchal religious inquisitions.Goddess worshiping cultures weren’t
necessarily matriarchal, they were, as Riane Eisler brilliantly presents in The Chalice and the Blade, cooperative societies.

The Goddess spoke to me first
in a dream, Howling Mary. Honoring the Feminine Divine doesn’t involve putting
our old patriarchal paradigm on a female projection; it means accessing what’s been
demeaned.Chief of all things to access
is Love.Self-love, love of others and
love for all things; love as a spiritual practice.There’s no doctrine for that; it’s a
practice, just like dreaming is a practice with guidelines, but no rule
book.

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By Way of Introduction

I've had an active relationship to my dream life for over 30 years. I've experienced how they've helped me, comforted me, disabused me of illusions, scared the pajamas off me and lent me strength.
I've been blessed with many great guides and teachers on both sides of the dream gates. One of my favorite contemporary waking life teachers is Robert Moss, whose work is a wonderful resource for dream explorers. I studied with Robert for a number of years; the video company I own with Jim Cookman, Psyche Productions, produced an eight program DVD series, "The Way of the Dreamer with Robert Moss" in which he teaches his Active Dreaming method. (www.psycheproductions.net or Amazon.)
My undergraduate degree is in literature from the U of Rochester; I also have graduate training in psychotherapy and spiritual counseling. For over twenty years, I've taught dream play to a variety of groups of all ages. I'm sharing my thoughts with you on this blog in the hopes that it helps you establish your own dream dialogue.